Fijian. <em>Club</em>, before 1848. Wood, metal, 38 in. (96.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.50.67.70_alt_numbers.jpg)

Fijian. Club, before 1848. Wood, metal, 38 in. (96.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.50.67.70_alt_numbers.jpg)

Fijian. Club, before 1848. Wood, metal, 38 in. (96.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.70_detail_bw.jpg)

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Club

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Fijian

MEDIUM Wood, metal

Place Made: Fiji

DATES before 1848

DIMENSIONS 38 in. (96.5 cm) (show scale)

INSCRIPTIONS "War Club Sandwich Islands" written in black ink on side of blade; "38" written on side of blade in pencil and in ink; possible evidence of another number in ink on side, might be "57"; "1848.72" and "50.67.70" written on base in red

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands

ACCESSION NUMBER 50.67.70

CREDIT LINE Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Fijian. Club, before 1848. Wood, metal, 38 in. (96.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.50.67.70_alt_numbers.jpg)

IMAGE detail, CUR.50.67.70_alt_numbers.jpg., 2020

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